Muglin-Pokhara road expansion: 9 kilometers blacktopped in eastern section

Kathmandu: The eastern part of the Muglin-Pokhara road expansion project has witnessed 42 percent progress.

The road expansion project is in implementation to widen the Prithvi Highway to four lanes. Progress has been made in the road section stretching from Anbukhaireni to Jamune of Tanahun.

The project’s eastern section Engineer Bishnu Prasad Pandey informed that the task of blacktopping has started along the expanded section of the road. He shared that one-way blacktopping has been so far done on a kilometers section of the 41.5-km stretch.

Likewise, the task of blacktopping an additional five-kilometer road has started since Wednesday. The blacktopping of the road from Anbukhaireni rural municipality-3, Gaunpalika Chowk to Markichowk has started, he shared.

Earlier, the blacktopping of a 3.5-kilometer road section from Anbukhaireni-1 Satrashaya to Markichowk was completed. According to the project source, the task of blacktopping has advanced in a way to complete it within the next 15 days.

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